The pier at Hope Island was crowded with people and noisy.
The islanders discussed with each other why the Governor came back so late this time and what happened in the outside world.
Those who always stand at the forefront are some powerful people in the Governor's Palace. At this time, Leonardo turned his head and looked at James who was standing beside him.
"I don't care what you think, but I'm very happy that the Governor is back." There was a very happy smile on his face, with almost no flaws except for the slightly trembling corners of his mouth.
James gave him a cold look and said, "Are you afraid that I will tell the captain what you did? Don't worry, I will definitely tell him."
Leonardo was suddenly anxious. "Everything I said before was based on the assumption that the Governor had unfortunately passed away! Since he has come back alive, my plan will certainly not be activated. And don't forget, I am also doing this for the stability of Hope Island."
James was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and just raised his foot and walked towards the Narwhal, and the others quickly followed.
A group of people climbed up the rope ladder to the deck. When they saw the scene on the deck, the excitement on James' face slowly faded.
The entire Narwhal looked very messy. The deck was covered with water stains, the anchor winch was covered with a thick layer of rust, and all the ropes on it had disappeared. It seemed that no sailors had taken care of or maintained it.
The most important thing is that there was no one on the deck or in the cockpit, and the whole ship seemed to have turned into a ghost ship wandering on the sea.
"How could this happen! Where did all the people go?" James became anxious and walked straight towards the cabin door.
Seeing that something was not right, the alert sailors quickly loaded their guns to prevent any unexpected events.
Just as James opened the hatch, a figure suddenly rushed over like a ghost howling. Seeing seven or eight gun barrels raised directly, James' shouting stopped them, "Stop! He is not an enemy!!"
James opened his arms and hugged the man who rushed over. It was the boatswain Dipper.
Dipper now looked completely crazy. He opened his sharp mouth and bit James's strong shoulders fiercely, with vicious eyes constantly tearing at him.
His clothes were extremely messy, there were several deep marks on his body, and many of his scales had been rubbed off.
"Dipper, it's me! What happened? Where is the captain?"
James's question received no response, and Dipper was completely out of his mind at this point.
However, while everyone's attention was on Dipper, they did not notice a black scaly tentacle extending from the dark corridor.
One of the navy officers noticed this keenly. He raised his rifle in fear and said, "There are monsters! Enemy attack!"
The soldiers reacted quickly, gunshots rang out, and bullets continued to be fired at the monster lurking in the darkness.
"Swish~!" A wriggling monster of flesh and blood with green cross-shaped pupils instantly stood in front of the bullets and easily and quickly blocked their attacks.
Seeing that the bullets were useless, the armed navy quickly retreated, and a group of soldiers holding various relics in their hands quickly stepped forward.
"James' voice? So it seems that I'm finally home?" An extremely tired voice made the two sides who were on the verge of a tense situation stop their attacks.
A figure squeezed out from the corridor blocked by the flesh and blood monster.
That was Charles. He looked extremely haggard now, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, as if he had not slept for a long time. There was something hard to describe in his eyes, heavy and tired.
Standing on his shoulder was a little mouse with golden hair. She excitedly stretched out her little paws and waved at James.
"Big guy!! Long time no see! Did you miss me? Oh! Your belly seems to have grown a lot!"
Charles, who was slightly hunched, looked at the dark corridor behind him, with a hint of bitterness on his face.
Then he walked out of the cabin with heavy steps. When he reached the deck, he turned his head and stared blankly at the bright coastline in the distance.
The sea water without the support of darkness is dark green and looks very beautiful, but such a scene, the more beautiful it is, the more deadly it is to the humans in the sea.
At this time, James rushed out with his hand on his injured shoulder. He asked in surprise: "Captain, what is going on? Why did Dipper become like this? Where are the others?"
Charles turned his head to look at his old subordinate, and patted him on the shoulder tiredly.
"Everyone else is in the lower cabin. Please help me deal with it. I'm tired and want to rest."
After saying this, Charles took Lily to the rope ladder nearby.
James stared blankly at his captain's back as he walked away. He found that his captain seemed to have changed a lot on this voyage.
"Want to know what's going on? You can ask me."
Hearing the female voice behind him, James turned around and saw a hideous and terrifying monster like a starfish quickly shrinking and turning into a sexy beauty with a beautiful face.
This was Anna, a woman James knew.
Anna slowly walked to James' side and gently raised her fair right hand to lift her long hair.
"We went to a place where there were things that could drive people crazy. Charles asked me to help stabilize the sanity and cognition of the crew members."
"Originally this wouldn't be a big deal, but you know, the situation in Earthsea is always unpredictable. No one would have thought that there were gods living there, and we were head-on with that thing."
"What?! God attacked you?!" James' pupils shrank to the smallest size in an instant.
Anna, who was interrupted, showed a trace of displeasure on her face. "Wait for me to finish. That god attacked Charles. You know the relationship between him and me. How could I bear it in that situation? I immediately rushed to help."
James' eyes widened and he pointed at Dipper who had been subdued by the navy. "What does this have to do with Dipper going crazy?"
Anna shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "After all, I can't do two things at once. Since I'm going out to rescue Charles, I don't need to maintain the rationality and cognition of the crew, so..."
James didn't wait for Anna to finish and rushed directly to the bottom of the Narwhal.
As he pushed the door open, he saw that all the crew members were tied up tightly with ropes and tied to the ground.
Krona next to him seemed to recognize James and smirked, "James? Hey, hey, what are you doing in my house? Why did you tie me up?"
James walked slowly and tremblingly between the crew members, and his trembling eyes swept over them one by one.
They were all crazy, all the crew members of the Narwhal except Captain Charles were crazy.
(End of this chapter)